A tour through the Pyrenees . alf-hour thetide of the faithful ebbs and flows. Invalid priestsabound and say as many masses as may be wanted :everything at Eaux Bonnes suffers for want ofroom; they form in line for prayers as fordrinking, and are as crowded at the chapel as atthe tap. Occasionally a purveyor of public pleasures un-dertakes the duty of enlivening the afternoon : aneloquent poster announces the jcn du fasten a perch to a tree, a cord to the perch,and a duck to the cord ; the most serious-mindedpeople follow the preparation with marked have seen men who yaw
A tour through the Pyrenees . alf-hour thetide of the faithful ebbs and flows. Invalid priestsabound and say as many masses as may be wanted :everything at Eaux Bonnes suffers for want ofroom; they form in line for prayers as fordrinking, and are as crowded at the chapel as atthe tap. Occasionally a purveyor of public pleasures un-dertakes the duty of enlivening the afternoon : aneloquent poster announces the jcn du fasten a perch to a tree, a cord to the perch,and a duck to the cord ; the most serious-mindedpeople follow the preparation with marked have seen men who yawn at the opera forma ring, under a hot sun, for a whole hour in orderto witness the decapitation of the poor hangingcreature. If you are generous-minded and greed)- Chap. III. EA UX BONNES. T35 of sensations in addition, you give two sous to asmall boy; in consideration of which he has hiseyes bandaged, is made to turn round and round,has an old sabre given to him, and is pushedforward, in the midst of the laughter and outcry. of the spectators. • Right! left! halloo ! strike !forward! he knows not which to heed, and cutsaway into the air. If by rare chance he hits thecreature, if by rarer chance he strikes the neck, orif, indeed, he takes off the head by miracle, hecarries off the duck to have it cooked, and eat public is not exacting in matter of it were announced that a mouse was to drownitself in a pool, they would run as if to a fire. 136 THE VALLEY OF OSSAU. Book II. Why not ? said my neighbor, an odd, abruptsort of man: This is a tragedy and a per-fectly regular one; see if it has not all the classicparts. First, the exposition ; the instruments oftorture that are displayed, the crowd which comestogether, the distance that is marked, the animalthat is fastened up. It is a protasis of the complexorder, as M. Lysidas used to say. Secondly, theaction; every time that a small boy starts, you arein suspense, you rise on tip-toe, your heart leaps,you are
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